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Author | : Thor Heyerdahl |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books (CA) |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
A fascinating, lavishly-illustrated biography of the explorer- adventurer-anthropologist who in 1947 voyaged on a balsawood raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Polynesian islands. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Christopher Ralling |
Publisher | : ISIS Large Print Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | : 9781850892977 |
Author | : Deborah Kogan Ray |
Publisher | : Charlesbridge Publishing |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2015-10-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1580896200 |
Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph—this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific. Author Deborah Kogan Ray clearly and succinctly sets up how Norwegian anthropologist Heyerdahl became convinced that ancient Peruvians arrived in the South Pacific via raft, why he wanted to re-create the voyage, and how he planned for it. She uses primary-source quotations on each spread to shore up the factual history of the events portrayed in the book. Her illustrations add emotion to this harrowing journey.
Author | : Thor Heyerdahl |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2014-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1632200171 |
“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” in honor of a legendary sun king, Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
Author | : Thor Heyerdahl |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Discusses the ships, navigational systems, achievements, and discoveries of ancient seamen and examines their influence on the spread of culture in the ancient world and on subsequent exploration.
Author | : Martin Cate |
Publisher | : Ten Speed Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2016-06-07 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1607747332 |
Martin and Rebecca Cate, founders and owners of Smuggler’s Cove (the most acclaimed tiki bar of the modern era) take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki: its birth as an escapist fantasy for Depression-era Americans; how exotic cocktails were invented, stolen, and re-invented; Hollywood starlets and scandals; and tiki’s modern-day revival, in this James Beard Award-winning cocktail book. Featuring more than 100 delicious recipes (original and historic), plus a groundbreaking new approach to understanding rum, Smuggler’s Cove is the magnum opus of the contemporary tiki renaissance. Whether you’re looking for a new favorite cocktail, tips on how to trick out your home tiki grotto, help stocking your bar with great rums, or inspiration for your next tiki party, Smuggler’s Cove has everything you need to transform your world into a Polynesian Pop fantasia. Make yourself a Mai Tai, put your favorite exotica record on the hi-fi, and prepare to lose yourself in the fantastical world of tiki, one of the most alluring—and often misunderstood—movements in American cultural history.
Author | : Ryan Barnett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9781770859784 |
"A dramatic retelling of four adventurers who crossed the North Atlantic on a raft, featuring archival photography, film stills taken aboard the raft, news reports, contemporary interviews and original illustrations."--
Author | : Thor Heyerdahl |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Atlantic Ocean |
ISBN | : 0006545300 |
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Author | : William Albert Wilson |
Publisher | : Bloomington : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sven A. Kirsten |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Art, Polynesian |
ISBN | : |
South Sea Dreams around the cocktail bar - on the trail of the forgotten Tiki cult of the Fifties. One of the most bizarre chapters of American Pop Culture awaits rediscovery.